Another father's day has passed
And I don't know your face
Don't know your height, don't know your eyes
Don't know your warm embrace
Another father's day has passed
And I have never seen
You working with machinery
Or if you drink caffeine
So many questions spinning round
Do you lay and gaze at stars
Do you ponder our existence
Do you wonder why we are?
Do you like the thought of fishing
Or how words on pages dance
Do you have a sweet tooth like me
Do you think of me perchance?
Is your face all lined with crinkles
From smiling way too much
Or is your face all gaunt and angled
From hard work and no soft touch
Are you grieving? Hungry? Stressing out?
Are you surrounded or alone
Are you still looking for a house
Or have you found a place called home
Does your smile light up your face
And are your eyes a brilliant blue
Does your hair stick up all over
I wish so badly that I knew
Someday my answers will appear
And my heart in peace will fill
Someday I'll know the reason why
My questions will be still
Another father's day has passed
Without me by your side
I'm sending you a special hug
With all my hopes inside
Jun 30, 2020
Jun 30, 2020 at 6:26 AM UTC
The other day I came across
A rabbit, very small.
I asked him how his day was
( I know I’m off the wall.)
The bunny started laughing.
He said, “You crack me up.
Now pull yourself together sir,
Come over, and we’ll sup.”
I couldn’t wrap my head around,
How I would get in to
The rabbits tiny house, but I,
Bit off more than I could chew.
‘A piece of cake’ was what he said,
When asked how I would fit.
‘Slow and steady wins the race
Just watch how I do it.’
Throwing caution to the wind
I curled myself tight
More fit than fiddles though I was,
I didn’t fit, not quite.
Curiosity near killed the cat
Or a human in my case
So stuck was I, I couldn’t move
A problem I did face
I pushed and pulled and wheezed and huffed
The rabbit left me here
Until I got my second wind
I was stuck, with no one near
A fox was loping past right then
And as he went he thought
‘He’s off his rocker to go in
A rabbit hole for naught’
Instead of beating round the bush
I told myself “Now look”
“Get your act together Ned.
And out of this tight nook.’
To make a story very short
With much work I wiggled free
And then to make the matters worse
I got stung by a bee
I know that they say live and learn
And look before you leap
But how was I supposed to know
It’d go downhill so steep.
Apr 17, 2020
Apr 17, 2020 at 10:27 PM UTC
I feel like I am small
Just a flicker in your life
Something that could be blown out in a matter of seconds.
Feelings and time are so fragile.
It was by accident we crossed paths
And by choice we stayed.
The threads of our world's intertwined for a few shorts seconds
And in those brief seconds we found each other and held on.
And just like that my world shattered into light.
Filled with your friendship, your laughter, your humour, your kindness.
And I, encased in your glow, thrived.
The greyness of life receded, scared off by the sudden brilliance of this new being I was transforming into.
Intoxicated on life, my addled brain sorted itself, and kept the nightmares at bay for brief amounts of time.
The shift of attitude, the itch of imagination, the thirst for knowledge returning to the parched reaches of my brain.
You were the key to my creativity, the opening of an over flowing cup of words that had been too scrambled to emerge onto paper.
My days lessened, my nights lengthened, but not in a bad way.
During those lengthened nights, I had you to keep my fire going, my laughter bubbling, my eyes sparkling.
But, just like a fire, I can be forgotten, I can be doused, I can be put aside.
And this is my greatest fear.
To be forgotten by you.
Apr 17, 2020
Apr 17, 2020 at 10:24 PM UTC